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v J. KEITH.

MACHINE FOR SETTING LAOING HOOKS; I NO- v Patented Apr. 3

NITED' STATES PATENT OFFICE;

IRA F. PECK,OF PROVIDENOE,-RHODE ISLAND.

MACHINE FOR SETTING LAClNG-HOOKS,

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 517,828, dated April 3,1894.

Application filed February 24, 1893. Serial Noi 463,601- (No model.)

ful Improvement in Machines forSettingLacing-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in theimproved arrangenient of parts, whereby the machine is rendered simple in construction, and efiicient in its operation.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1,

represents a perspective viewof the machine.- Fig. 2, represents a vertical section showing the working parts of the'machine;the lacing hook having been carried to its forward position for setting. Fig. 3, represents the same section showing the laeing hook pressed upon the setting anvil. vFig. 4, represents a plan view of the circular hopper for holding the loose mass of lacing hooks .to be .fed to the machine. Fig. 5, representsa detail side view,

showing the circular hopper, and the delivering track leading therefrom. Figs. 6 and 7, are enlarged detail views showing a top view of the outer end of the delivering track; Fig. 8, represents a perspective view of the lacing hook which is to be set by means of the machine.

In thedrawings, 'A represents the upright stand to which the machine is attached, and B the pedal, by means of which the machine is to be operated. The circular hopper C is supported in an inclined position by means of a standard D, attached to the frame E, the said hopper being provided with the opening a, adapted for filling the hopper with lacing hooks, and with 'the cover '1) to prevent the accidental loss of lacing books from the hop-. per when the machine is in operation.

Upon the'rock shaft F within the hopper G is placed the circular brush G adapted to rock with the said shaft, andnear the upper edge of the inclined bottom of the hopper .0, is placed the curved track H, adapted to catch the properly placed lacing hooks from the agitated mass in the hopper; as shownby the lacing hook I in Figs. 8 and 4. .The circular brush G is caused .to turn in' opposite directions, by means ef'the pinion J upon the shaft F,-and the gearsegment K,'loc'ated at one end of the bell crank lever L, which lever is pivoted upon a stud 0, attached to the. frame E; and operative connection is made from the bell crank lever. L, to the pedal B, by means of the. slotted link M, and the con necting rod N, and by means of the slot 01 in the-link M, thesetting; lever-O to whi'chthe connecting rod N is jointed l'ma'y be moved through a considerable distance by themev'a' mentof the pedal B withoutimparnngmovement to the. gear segment- K which operates the ShaftF. '5.

The setting lever Ois. pivoted to'the stud P, attached to: the frarn9...-E and is'provided with the lip 'q for holdingthe lacing hooks to be set, and with the spring, guardQ, which serves to prevent the lateral removal of the 1acing*ho'oks from the said lip, the said guard being attached to the lever O, by means of the screw e. 1 The delivering trackRis pivoted at its upper-end to the. standard D, by means of the sc'rewf, and the curved trackI-I extends outwardly from the hopper through the opening 9 and abuts against the end?" of the track R,

placed above the track Rto prevent the loss of. the lacing hooks therefrom in. theirv descent'to the setting leverO. The lower end of the-trackR is pivoted. to the leverO by means of the screw c', the same' screw serving to attach the 'partially twisted track R, to the lever O, the said: track B? being made: to rest at its forward end-upon the lip q and serving to 'turn the lacing hooks to the proper position for setting,- as shown in Fig. 7.

The'tracks R and R are lapped :upon each other and made of ,such thickness that the lacing, hooks will readily pass from the one to the other, and over-the track R is placed the guard S'whichi's attached to the lever O by means 'ofthescrew j. To the-guards which serves to prevent the loss of the lacing hooks from the track R"is'attached the" side guide T having an outwardly turned end is the said attachmentbeing made by means of the screws n n; and'to the outer side of the side guide T is attached. the slotted adjustablespring stop U, by meansof thescrewso, o, the inwardly-turned end 19. of the said spring stop servingtos'top the forward movement of the" lacing hooks along'the tra'ck R so that, at all times there will be a laoinghook I in contact with the end 10 of the stop as shown in Fig. 6.

To the stud V attached to the. fraine E, is

pivoted a dog W, which 7 serves to carry the lacing hooks forward'from the spring stop U to the proper point for setting, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, upon the upward movement of the forward end of the plunger, but upon the downward movement of the same for set-' ting the lacing-hook I upon the setting anvil X, the dog W will swing back to a position behind the lacing hookI, which rests against the spring stop U so as tocarry the said lac, inghook'forward upon the succeeding setting movement. I I.

I claimas my inventiens- 1'. In a machine for settinglacinghooks, the combination with] the inclined -circularhopper C, and the curved track .H,-projecting upward from the; bottom, 'and'located near' the peripheral wall of the said hopper, of the rock-shaft- F, provided with the radially-an ranged brush G, thepinion J, upon the shaft F, the lever L,. provided with the gear se "ment' K, the slotted link M, f or actuating the saidj segment, and 1 means for reciprocating the said link, to move the brush in. opposite -directions,;substantially as I described.

2.In a machinetor setting'laeing'hooks,

the combination with the inclinedbireuiar v.

hopper O, the'curvedtra-ckf H arranged near the upper edge of the inclined bottom of the said hopper, and projecting through an open: ing in the side of the same, the rock-shaft F provided with the circular brush G, and meansfor operating the brush in reverse di-- rections,of the setting lever 0., provided with the lip q, the spring guard Q, the track Rpivoted to the lever '0, the traokIRY, the side guide T, and the spring stop U, substantially as described.

3. In a inachine for setting lacing hooks,

the combination with the anvil X, of the setting lever 0', provided with-the lip q, the spring guard Q, for holding the 1acing-hook in'its proper position, the track R pivoted to the lever O, the track R, the side guide T, and the spring stop U,'substantially as de scribed.

4. In a'inachine for setting lacing books, "the combination with the anvil X, of the setting: lever'O, provided with the lip q, the spring stop'U, means 'for raising and lowering the outer end of the'leverlO, and the stationaryforwardly directed pivoted dog,

adaptedto, forcethe lacinghook forward upon the setting lever to the proper position 

